Proverbs 30:21-33 ▼

21 For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:

22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

23 For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

24 There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:

25 The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

26 The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

29 There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

30 A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.

32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.